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News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topicsTue, 03 Mar 2015 17:25:49 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.5Trying too painfully, achingly hard to write The Great American Novelhttp://www.teleread.com/writing/trying-painfully-achingly-hard-write-great-american-novel/
http://www.teleread.com/writing/trying-painfully-achingly-hard-write-great-american-novel/#commentsThu, 22 Jan 2015 17:25:46 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=124552A recent post in the New York Times fingered the Stateside obsession with the Great American Novel, that white elephant that has crushed many literary aspirations and engendered all kinds of weird mutants that sprawl around the landscape. Indeed, there have been whole books written about the Great American Novel, as well as novels titled, […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/writing/trying-painfully-achingly-hard-write-great-american-novel/feed/0Social media self-promotion for writers Lesson One: Do not beat up on your readershttp://www.teleread.com/promotion/social-media-self-promotion-writers-lesson-one-beat-readers/
http://www.teleread.com/promotion/social-media-self-promotion-writers-lesson-one-beat-readers/#commentsMon, 08 Sep 2014 14:25:57 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=118249Best-selling crime author Chelsea Cain appears to have gone into social media meltdown in a really bad case of Author Meets Facebook. In a series of posts, she managed to diss on her readers for their asinine behavior and intrusive questions. She then managed to compound the damage. Her initial posts were taken down pretty promptly, […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/promotion/social-media-self-promotion-writers-lesson-one-beat-readers/feed/6Barnes & Noble and Google – an Amazon-beating combo?http://www.teleread.com/barnes-noble/barnes-noble-google-amazon-beating-combo/
http://www.teleread.com/barnes-noble/barnes-noble-google-amazon-beating-combo/#commentsThu, 07 Aug 2014 22:31:09 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=116928A widely quoted report in the New York Times details a partnership between Barnes & Noble and Google to create a same-day book delivery service utilizing Google Shopping Express. According to the report, “book buyers in Manhattan, West Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area will be able to get same-day deliveries from local […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/barnes-noble/barnes-noble-google-amazon-beating-combo/feed/1Virtual Unreality looks virtually imbecilic from the cover on inhttp://www.teleread.com/book-review/virtual-unreality-looks-virtually-imbecilic-cover/
http://www.teleread.com/book-review/virtual-unreality-looks-virtually-imbecilic-cover/#commentsFri, 04 Jul 2014 18:29:09 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=115380This is a book non-review, because it’s in large part a review of a book cover. And I apologize unreservedly to any genuine worth in the contents that I may have traduced – but I won’t hold my breath. Because wouldn’t life be wonderful if every book cover in the world, physical or digital, told […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/book-review/virtual-unreality-looks-virtually-imbecilic-cover/feed/0New York Times argues for censorshiphttp://www.teleread.com/censorship/new-york-times-argues-censorship/
http://www.teleread.com/censorship/new-york-times-argues-censorship/#commentsMon, 26 May 2014 20:50:16 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=113243Well, okay, if we’re being totally accurate, it’s not the entire New York Times calling for censorship, just Michael Kinsley, Vanity Fair columnist, TV presenter and all-round party guy. And in the NYT Sunday Book Review, of the book No Place to Hide by Glenn Greenwald on the Edward Snowden affair, Kinsley states: It seems […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/censorship/new-york-times-argues-censorship/feed/1Salon’s Laura Miller swears off Amazon: Not many deadhttp://www.teleread.com/amazon/salons-laura-miller-swears-amazon-many-dead/
http://www.teleread.com/amazon/salons-laura-miller-swears-amazon-many-dead/#commentsFri, 23 May 2014 16:44:32 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=113105Salon has been the venue for plenty of gratuitous Amazon-bashing in the past. And the latest contribution is from senior Salon writer Laura Miller, who headlines her piece “Goodbye, Amazon: We’re through!” and adds, “I quit Amazon because of its monopolistic tactics. Is it impossible for book publishers to do the same?” “I used to […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/amazon/salons-laura-miller-swears-amazon-many-dead/feed/1Is the India ebook market ready to explode?http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/is-the-india-ebook-market-ready-to-explode/
http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/is-the-india-ebook-market-ready-to-explode/#commentsThu, 27 Feb 2014 21:25:50 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=108581India seems to be the next market digital publishers are looking into. And the jumpstart of the India ebook market might come sooner than anticipated. When Penguin India decided to remove and pulp Wendy Doniger’s book “The Hindus: An Alternative History,” it draw backlash from authors, educators and other publishers. The New York Times reported […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/is-the-india-ebook-market-ready-to-explode/feed/0James Patterson gives money to independent bookstoreshttp://www.teleread.com/bookstore/james-patterson-gives-money-to-independent-bookstores/
http://www.teleread.com/bookstore/james-patterson-gives-money-to-independent-bookstores/#commentsThu, 20 Feb 2014 21:19:43 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=108137James Patterson has started giving money to independent bookstores throughout the country. He started a program to give $1 million of his money to bookstores to use in improvements, new programs or even bonuses for employees, according to The New York Times. The grants will be given out this week starting with 55 shops, according […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/bookstore/james-patterson-gives-money-to-independent-bookstores/feed/0Uncoverage: Putting a Price on Investigative Journalismhttp://www.teleread.com/journalism-2/uncoverage-putting-a-price-on-investigative-journalism/
http://www.teleread.com/journalism-2/uncoverage-putting-a-price-on-investigative-journalism/#commentsWed, 04 Dec 2013 15:50:13 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=102147There are plenty of stories about Miley Cyrus and packages falling out of the sky these days. It seems that lost in news coverage is hard-hitting reporting that could actually make a difference. That’s where Uncoverage plans to step in. The site was announced on Monday in an article in the New York Times and […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/journalism-2/uncoverage-putting-a-price-on-investigative-journalism/feed/0Wife of Amazon founder reviews “The Everything Store”http://www.teleread.com/amazon/wife-of-amazon-founder-reviews-the-everything-store/
http://www.teleread.com/amazon/wife-of-amazon-founder-reviews-the-everything-store/#commentsTue, 05 Nov 2013 14:15:24 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=100330Editors Note: Both Susan Lulgjuraj and Joanna Cabot submitted stories on this topic, but each had a slightly different approach, so we’ll run them both. Be curious what you all think. It turns not everyone is a fan. Certainly Brad Stone has learned that this week when the BusinessWeek senior writer’s book was reviewed on […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/amazon/wife-of-amazon-founder-reviews-the-everything-store/feed/0Elmore Leonard, Crime Writer, Passes at 87 Years Oldhttp://www.teleread.com/authors/elmore-leonard-crime-writer-passes-at-87-years-old/
http://www.teleread.com/authors/elmore-leonard-crime-writer-passes-at-87-years-old/#commentsWed, 21 Aug 2013 18:05:35 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=94875The New York Times is one of several outlets reporting that crime novelist Elmore Leonard has passed away at 87 years old. According to the article, Leonard had his first story published in 1951 and “60 years later, was still churning out a book a year.” He is known for novels such as ‘Glitz’ and […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/authors/elmore-leonard-crime-writer-passes-at-87-years-old/feed/2E-Single Review: “Searching for Dave Chappelle” by Jason Zinoman (Kindle Single)http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/review-searching-for-david-chappelle-kindle-single/
http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/review-searching-for-david-chappelle-kindle-single/#commentsSun, 18 Aug 2013 18:22:45 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=94512I find it hard to believe “Chappelle’s Show” debuted 10 years ago on Comedy Central. If you’re a fan, you’re like me and throw out one-liners from the show every now and then. It was thought provoking, entertaining and just damn funny. That’s why many of us were surprised when Chappelle abruptly quit during the […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/review-searching-for-david-chappelle-kindle-single/feed/0David Carr bashes Amazon, bucks for Witchfinder General vacancyhttp://www.teleread.com/new-york-times/david-carr-bashes-amazon-bucks-for-witchfinder-general-vacancy/
http://www.teleread.com/new-york-times/david-carr-bashes-amazon-bucks-for-witchfinder-general-vacancy/#commentsTue, 16 Jul 2013 18:33:59 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=91140The latest in a long series of analyses of the Penguin Random House merger, the Apple price fixing verdict, and the difficulties of Barnes & Noble as all chapters in some great “Lord Of The Rings”-style epic struggle against the encroaching forces of darkness in the shape of Amazon, with its regiments of marching Kindles, […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/weekend-roundup-12/feed/0The New York Times Now Available as a Kindle Fire Apphttp://www.teleread.com/kindle/the-new-york-times-now-available-as-a-kindle-fire-app/
http://www.teleread.com/kindle/the-new-york-times-now-available-as-a-kindle-fire-app/#commentsFri, 12 Jul 2013 17:37:13 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=90583Love The New York Times and want to read it on your Kindle Fire? Until this week, you had to settle for the Kindle edition, which gave you the articles but none of the multi-media content. No longer. Kindle Fire users can now run a New York Times app, with the features of the Android […]